175 pages : 28 cm

Informative, illuminating, insightful and erudite, Slogan T-Shirts: Cult and Culture is completely unique. Featuring interviews with a wealth of cultural commentators, creative luminaries and credible fashion insiders, from Holly Johnson (of Frankie Goes to Hollywood) to Katharine Hamnett, it offers a multi-faceted approach as to the question of what makes the slogan T-shirt so rich, layered and culturally relevant ... because slogans are never simply just words; they are emotive and evocative, suggestive and provocative

Part I. Commentators : The slogan T-shirt as a postmodernist device / Glenn Adamson -- John Lennon and Yoko Ono's use of slogans on T-shirts / Sam Bully -- Punk's use of slogans on T-shirts / Jon Savage and Jamie Reid -- The slogan T-shirt as a subcultural tactic / Matthew Worley -- The slogan T-shirt as a site of resistance / Shehnaz Suterwalla -- Vivienne Westwood enthusiast / Eric Rose -- Frankie goes to Hollywood frontman / Holly Johnson -- The slogan T-shirt as a lifestyle tool / Chris Sanderson at The Future Laboratory -- The slogan T-shirt's relationship to trends and appropriation / Chris Coleman at WGSN -- The slogan T-shirt as a marketing tool / Julian Vogel at Modus PR -- The slogan T-shirt's relationship to branding / Neil Boorman -- The cult value of the slogan T-shirt / Scott Maddux -- The relationship between the slogan T-shirt and high art / Simon Lee at Simon Lee Gallery -- The slogan T-shirt as a campaign tool / Larissa Clark at Environmental Justice Foundation -- The slogan T-shirt as a political tool / Shumon Basar -- Political slogan T-shirt collector / Howard Besser -- The slogan T-shirt's relationship to queer culture / Matt Cook -- The morals of language on slogan T-shirts / Clare Rose -- The presence of female empowerment on slogan T-shirts during the '90s / Fiona Cartledge -- The presence of dance music on slogan T-shirts during the '90s / Daniel Pemberton -- T-shirt entrepreneur and former Camden Market vendor / Philip de Mesquita -- The slogan T-shirt's relationship to club culture / Robin Bennett at A-non Brand -- The slogan T-shirt's presence on the festival circuit / Mark Wigan -- The vintage value of the slogan T-shirt / Roger Burton at Contemporary Wardrobe -- Stüssy T-shirts / Michael Kopelman at Gimme 5 -- Boy T-shirts / Namalee Bolle at Supersuper! -- Martin Margiela T-shirts / Navaz Batiwalla at Disneyrollergirl ; The downloadable T-shirt project / Alex Fury and Paul Hetherington at SHOWstudio -- The tourist T-shirt / Zachary Pulman -- A visual chronicle of the screenprinting process / Matt Snow -- Visual centrepiece : The gendered ; The technological ; The questionable ; The marvellous 'n' the miscellaneous -- Part II. Designers : Katharine Hamnett ; Barnzley Armitage ; Vexed Generation ; 6876 ; YMC ; Jeremy Deller ; Scott King ; Gerard Saint at Big Active ; Experimental Jetset ; 2K by Gingham ; Iain R. Webb ; Antoni & Alison ; Toby Mott ; Karen Savage ; I Love Boxie ; Cassette Playa ; Dr. Noki ; Ian Warner and Oliver Miller at SLAB Magazine ; Delay No More ; Topshop

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